Buckle Up

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Buckle Up Day AND Night
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In Virginia in 2009

• 756 people died on our roadways
• 333 of those people were not wearing their seat
  belts
• 195 of those crashes occurred between 600pm and
  559am
• (DMV)

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In the United States...Every...

• 5 seconds a crash occurs
• 7 seconds a property damage crash occurs
• 10 seconds there is a traffic related injury
• 2 minutes there is an alcohol-related injury
• 12 minutes someone dies in a traffic crash
• 31 minutes an alcohol-related crash fatality
  occurs
• 113 minutes a pedestrian is killed in a crash
• 4 days an employee dies in a work-related crash
• (NETS)

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How Can You Stay Safe?

• BUCKLE UP!
• Regular seat belt use is the single most
  effective way to protect people and reduce
  fatalities in motor vehicle crashes.

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The Down-Low on Seatbelts

• Regular seat belt use is the single most
  effective way to protect people and reduce
  fatalities in motor vehicle crashes.
• Seatbelts are designed to keep you in the vehicle
  and protect you from being ejected.
• If you are in a crash and are thrown from the
  vehicle, you have a 75 chance of being killed.

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But Did You Know

• When worn correctly, seat belts reduce the risk
  of moderate-to-critical injury by 50.
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• 3 out of 4 fatal crashes occur within 25 miles of
  victims homes
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• Most crashes causing death or injury occur at
  speeds below 40 miles per hour.

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Its a No- Brainer, Right?

• 1 in 5 Virginians still fail to regularly wear
  their seat belts when driving or riding in a
  motor vehicle. (State use rate 82.3)

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Buckle Up, Virginia!

• Seat belts save lives!
• And remember.Virginia state law requires that
• Adults in the front seat be properly restrained
• Children under the age of 16 in all seating
  positions be properly restrained
• Children under the age of 8 be secured in the
  appropriate child restraint device (like a
  booster seat)

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Click It Or Ticket

• Do your part
• Make sure you buckle up EVERY time you get behind
  the wheel. Day AND nighteven if youre just
  driving down the street for a quick errand.
• Make sure all your passengers buckle up.
  Unbuckled adults can severely injure other
  passengers in an accident.
• Spread the word to your friends, family,
  neighbors and co-workers.
• The Click it Or Ticket seat belt enforcement
  mobilization is May 24 June 6. Law enforcement
  officers throughout the state will be working
  together to ticket unrestrained motorists.

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• Other resources
• www.drivesmartva.org
• www.dmvnow.com/highwaysafety
• www.nhtsa.gov